Lenny's Love Story
Hello, I’m Lenny and I’m a ghost.
Out walking the dog,
My iPod playing my favourite music,
I never saw or heard the speeding car.
Jess barked, I looked up.
For a moment I stared into the driver’s eyes and
Then I was standing detached, looking on.
There was Jess sniffing at my broken body
Caught in the driver’s fixed gaze.
That was five years ago
But time stands still for Helen.
I wait with her at the bus stop,
I lie by her side at night
And we sit in the evenings as she stares beyond the TV.
Our hopes and dreams are of the past
Now she exists not lives – numb.
She visits my grave on the anniversary of that fateful day.
Her shed tears fall through my outstretched hands
And I cry for her tortured soul
But I cannot shed tears.
She trudges through the churchyard
Down the leafy lane, lost in her thoughts.
I shout in silence,
“Helen, stop you are at the main road
Don’t step out – there’s a lorry!”
And then, there’s a hand on her shoulder.
She hesitates, spins around and looks into his eyes.
He smiles warmly and holds her as she sobs.
At last her life is rekindled and
I am now a memory.
It is time for me to go.
Farewell world, farewell my beloved Helen.
I’m Lenny and I was a ghost.
Copyright © Simon Rogerson | Year Posted 2023
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